A group of attorneys from four countries who participated in the NAGTRI International Fellows Program write about cybersecurity, which in their words has become a fundamental necessity involving interrelated legal, economic and national security considerations.

Join us for NAAG President and Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler�s Presidential Initiative Summit, �Privacy in the Digital Age,� April 14-16, at The Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, Md.

The Children�s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) provides parents with the right to control the collection of personal information from their children online. While the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is the primary enforcer of COPPA, Congress has also made clear that states have jurisdiction to bring civil actions on behalf of the residents of their states for COPPA Rule violations, and both Texas and New Jersey have done so.